- Kleber was the great protagonist of the night, with a key triple winner for the Mavs aspirations, without Doncic, winning at the home of the Lakers.
- Victories for the Celtics, Cavs and Sixers, with a spectacular performance by LaVine, DeRozan and Vucevic in Bulls, in addition to seeing the Grizzlies come back 29 points in San Antonio.
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NBA RESULTS
| BROKEN | MVP |
| Charlotte Hornets 82-121 Philadelphia 76ers | Joel Embiid |
| Atlanta Hawks 127-119 Golden State Warriors | Trae Young |
| Cleveland Cavaliers 117-94 Washington Wizards | Darius Garland |
| Chicago Bulls 139-131 The Minnesota Timberwolves | DeMar DeRozan |
| Houston Rockets 114-112 New Orleans Pelicans | Jalen Green |
| san antonio spurs 120-126 Memphis Grizzlies | Tyus Jones |
| Portland Trail Blazers 112-126 Boston Celtics | Jayson Tatum |
| Los Angeles Lakers 110-111 Dallas Mavericks | Kyrie Irving |
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THE + HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NBA SUMMARY
The day of Friday March 17 begins, this time in Chicago, with Bulls win in double overtime over Timberwolves, with 49 points from DeRozan and LaVine assisting with 39 points. They become the only duo along with Jordan and Pippen on the Bulls with 39 or more points in the same game (this pairing did it against the Pacers on February 18, 1996). The Wolves fell and are eighth, but also Edwards added to the disabled list, leaving the game with a sprained ankle during the first quarter. After the game, in the mixed room, the All-Star player said that he would do everything possible to be against the Raptors today, but Finch does not know when he will be able to return.
The Celtics, second in the East, continue with their tour of the West and in the NBA summary on Friday they stopped in Oregon to take the victory at the Moda Center against the Trail Blazers by fourteen pointscon ‘The Jays‘ at full throttle, watching score 34 points to Tatum and 27 to Brown, winning four of the last five games for Massachusetts. Lillard turned on ‘Give me Time’ in front of his fans with 41 points, including a spectacular 25 goals in the last quarter, but time is running out for the franchise, which sees it quite uphill to reach the Playoffs and Play-in. One of the details of the match was to see Marcus Smart reach 900 steals in his NBA career. The Celtics now head to Utah, to see their faces this Saturday against the Jazz, at the Vivint Arena.
In one of the games of the day coinciding with Saint Patrick’s Day, the Warriors landed in Atlanta to play an important game in the aspirations of both, but Hawks won by eight points, the locals taking advantage of the weak perimeter defense of the current champions, now dropping to sixth position and having a list of conference teams very close behind. Young finished with 25 points and twelve assists, well seconded, this time by Collins with 22 and Okongwu’s record 19. The Warriors continue their slump away from San Francisco, going 7-28 on the road, playing without Green due to suspension after 16 technicals.
Los Cavs continue to maintain their home as an almost impregnable place, adding the 29th victory at home, this time easily against the Wizards, with Darius Garlando scoring 24 points and distributing nine assists, with Mitchell adding twenty. Bickerstaff’s Cavs were always ahead on the scoreboard, in another good game of the sophomore Evan Mobley, building a difference of 21 points already in the second quarter. The Cavs have almost secured the fourth position, now traveling to Brooklyn to play two straight games against the Nets. The victory a few minutes ago makes it the most winning course since 2018 for the Cavs, with Ricky Rubio scoring 8 points yesterday in 21 minutes playedalso adding 3 rebounds and five assists.
In the first game of the day, Embiid scored 38 points at the Hornets’ home, in the middle of Jordan’s sale of the North Carolina franchise. Easy victory for the 76ers, adding the seventh straight victory for Doc Rivers’ team. Many fans gathered at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, chanting and shouting MVP! Joel Embiid during various phases of the game. Harden helped with a triple-double built for 11 points, 11 rebounds and ten assists.. For the Sixers coach, he liked how his pupils attacked, as well as the intensity of the defense and the movement of the ball in the other field.
Maxi Kleber was the protagonist at Crypto.com in Los Angeles, with a final triple winner to give the Mavs victory about Lakers. The German pierced the basket with a game winner spectacular, after Irving’s handling of the ball, leaving Kleber alone at 45 degrees and adding victory 35. Without Luka Doncic for the fourth consecutive game, Irving scored thirteen points in the last quarter of the 38 he scored, Kleber made two free throws important down the stretch in a key win for the narrow and wild Western Conference. Davis in the Lakers scored 26 points, but they did not make a field goal in the last three minutes and it is another blow to their Playoff aspirations. With the duel against the Mavs, they began a homestand Five games, with a LeBron James who seems to be doing well, being tested next week.
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SUMMARY NBA: THE + VIRAL
Memphis Grizzlies they had the feat of adding the greatest comeback in their history. In San Antonio, Jenkins’s were able to come back 29 pointsmaking a run of 0-9 in the last minute, taking the game to overtime. The epic win coincides with Ja Morant’s near return to the discipline of the third-place finishers in the West.
Donovan was questioned about Lonzo Ball at the end of the game against Wolves and I wasn’t sure I’d even be able to see the player play for Chicago again. It seems very likely that he will undergo a cartilage transplant early next week and the rehabilitation is expected to be long, his third knee operation in 14 months.
The Serbian escort Bogdan Bogdanovic yesterday signed a four-year extension with the Atlanta Hawks at a rate of 68 million dollars, maintaining the relationship with the Georgia franchise until the 26-27 season. The Balkan shooter has averaged 14 points in 43 games this season, commenting Landry Fields, “Bogi brings a lot of the qualities we’re looking for in a Hawks player. In addition to his elite shooting ability, he has the versatility to thrive as a starter or sixth man, and a competitiveness that is invaluable to our team and culture. We are excited that he will continue to be a key part of our team well into the future.“. Also, it seems an important element of the framework devised by Snyder.
The other game winner of the day of Friday in the NBA was nailed by Jabari Smith Jr. in the Rockets’ victory over the Pelicans, in a duel between Spanish players, but only played by Usman Garuba, with seven minutes of play and four final rebounds.
THE PHRASE OF THE DAY
“It’s not mental. I think we are competing. We are playing quite well. It’s hard to win on the road in this league. We’re just not doing it“, commented Steve Kerr on the Warriors road record. He kept saying, “I’m sure that in the Playoffs everyone is going to start losing three-point shots against us. I am a believere”.
“We are doing a lot of good things right now and the most important thing for us is to keep moving forward, step by step. We have to keep pushing and start preparing for April“, said Donovan Mitchell after beating Washington Wizards.
Follow the first round of March Madness men, with sixteen games played, highlighting the 87-63 victory of UConn over Iona, with 28 points from Sanogo, victory of Baylor, seed 3, 74-56 against UC Santa Barbara, the Michigan Spartans defeated USC 72-62, finding the big surprise in the upset of Fairleigh Dickinson beating Purdue, seed 1by 63-58, with Moore scoring 19 points and saying “I want Purdue to see this. The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them“said Tobin Andrson, FDU coach before the game. Zach Edey scored 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Pittsburgh beat Iowa State 59-41, starting Guillermo Díaz Graham, scoring 9 points and grabbing eight rebounds, playing ten his brother Jorge, with two points and five rebounds.
(16) FDU UPSETS (1) PURDUE
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In the women’s draw, the first round began and did so with South Florida’s initial victory (67-65) against Marquette with 15 points from Carla Brito and nine rebounds, having as a rival in the second round the great favorites, South Carolina of Aliyah Boston and current champions, who easily beat Norfolk 40-72. Iowa easily beat SE Louisiana with 26 points from Caitlin Clark, and Helena Pueyo’s Arizona State Wildcats defeated West Virginia with 14 minutes left, and two points scored.
MVP-SOLOBASKET
The outstanding name of the day is DeMar DeRozan of Chicago Bulls, who went up to 49 points, also adding 14 rebounds and three steals. But the victory, important for the interests of Bulls and Play-in, should be extended to Big Three from Illinois, with LaVine adding 39 points and the Montenegrin Vucevic scoring 21 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and +17 on the floor. The three scored 109 points with 29 rebounds, five steals and 55 percent shooting from the field.
